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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #60 of 613

For all animals to be sacrificed after their eighth day [of life]

להיות כל קרבנות בהמה מיום שמיני והלאה

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The verse · Vayikra 22:27

שׁוֹר אוֹ־כֶשֶׂב אוֹ־עֵז כִּי יִוָּלֵד וְהָיָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תַּחַת אִמּוֹ וּמִיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי וָהָלְאָה יֵרָצֶה לְקׇרְבַּן אִשֶּׁה לַה׳

“When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under its dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire to the Lord.”

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The Rambam’s words

For all animals to be sacrificed after their eighth day [of life], as [Leviticus 22:27] states: "And on the eighth day and afterwards...."

להיות כל קרבנות בהמה מיום שמיני והלאה, שנאמר: "מִיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי וָהָלְאָה" (ויקרא כב, כז).

Who & when

“And [it] is practiced at the time of the [Temple] by the males of the priesthood — as the commandment of the sacrifice is upon them, and they will be sacrificed though them, and [so] it appears that they are warned (commanded) about the matter.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Things Forbidden on the Altar הלכות איסורי המזבח

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